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WADE E. SACKNER, F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

FORM.

Application filed February 12, 1923.

To @Zlio/m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, WADE E. SACKNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at yGrand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented new and useful Improvements in'Forms, of which thefollowing is a specilication.

The present invention relates to forms, particularly such as areemployed for shaping and weaving thereover various kinds of wovenarticles, as lamp-shades, containers of various sorts, and the like; andits object is to provide such form of knockdown construction so that itsmembers may be disasf sembled for compact storage or shipment,

and particularly tor ready removal from the nished woven articles ofcertain kinds.

This object is attained by, and the invention finds preferableembodiment in, the structure or structures hereinafter particularlydescribed in the body of this speciiication and illustrated by theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan viewoi' a portionof a knockdown form;

Figure 2 is a side view of a portion thereof, sectioned at its left handside on line 2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of the upper part of the samepartially sectioned on line 3 3 of Figure 1;

Figure l is an enlarged view of a portion of the lower part of the samepartially sectioned on the same line;

Figure 5 is a top plan View of a modified construction of the knockdownform, shown partially in section taken on line 5 5 of Figure 6;

Figure 6 is a side view of the saine, sectioned at its left hand side online 6 of Figure 5' F igure 7 is a plan view of the separated halves ofthe lower supporting member of the form; and

Figure 8 is a sectional view of said halves taken on line 8 8 of Figure7.

The form shown in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 comprises form members 1 andupper and lower supporting members 2, 3, laterally spaced apart,together with a connecting member-the centrally disposed rod L1 fordetachably connecting the pair of supporting members 2, 3 together.These supporting members respectively have means for engaging the formmembers 1 adjacent their :tion of said article.

Serial No. 618,499.

ends to removably hold the form members in the angularly disposedrelation seen in Figure 1, such means, as shown, being the circularlydisposed sockets 5 in the supporting member 2 and the sockets 6 in thesupporting member 3, respectively receiving the end portions 7 and 13 ofthe form members to hold the same in the angular relation shown in theviews. The centrally disposed rod 4. detachably connects ithe supportingmembers together in said holding engagement with the form members, beingconnected detachably to at least one of the supporting menibers bysuitable means, as by being passed through an opening 8 in the member 2and secured by a pin or wedge 9 from reverse movement, and by beingpassed through an opening 10 in cross bar 11 of supporting member 3 andsecured therein by a pin 12. It will be seen that the disposition of thesockets 5, 6 and the fitting thereinof the end portions 7 (see Fig. 3)and 13 (see Fig. 4) holds the form members against turning movements inthese sockets so that the form members are held edge outwardly in thestructures assembled position shown; it will be seen also that theextensions 20 (see Fig. 3) and 21 (see Fig. 4l) eXtendingunder thesupporting member 2 and behind the supporting member 3 respectively,provide a locking engagement therewith, holding the form members againstoutward-radial or disassembling movement. In Figure 4, the end portion13 held in the socket 6 is also the extension 21 locking the form member1 at its lower end against disassembling movement and also holdingagainst turning movement in the socket 6.

In Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8 a modified construction of the form is shown,in which views parts corresponding to parts in the other views aredesignated by the same reference characters with the addition of a primemark.

In this modified construction however, the form is especially adaptedfor weaving thereover an article, as a container, having a neck of lessdiameter than the middle por- That the parts or members of this modiiedconstruction may be disassembled after the article is woven thereoverand may thus be readily removed from its interior, the lower ends 131 ofthe form members 11 are seated in radially extending sockets 61 formedin the lower support-ing member 31 which comprises separable halves 14,14 having mutually overlapping portions 15 provided with registeringopenings 101 therethrough, through which registering openings the rod 41is removably inserted in the assembled position of the parts and isWithdrawn therefrom when the work is completed, thus permitting thehalves 14 to separate and the form members 11 to be dis assembled,whereupon all the parts of the structure may be withdrawn from saidiinished articles interior. y y

It will be understood that the article formed and shaped by the form ismade o suitable fabric Woven around and in contact with the outer edgesof the orm members in both constructions illustrated. p

The invention being intended to be point- .ed out inthe claims, is notto be limited to or by details of construction of the particularembodiment or embodiments thereof illustrated by the drawingsorhereinbefore shown or described.

1. In a structure of the character described; a plurality of formmembers; a pair of laterally spaced supporting members respectivelyhaving means engaging the form members adjacent their ends 'forremovably holding the form members in angularlyl spaced relation; acentrally disposed rod detachably connecting the supporting members intheir holding engagement with the form members.

2. In a structure of the character described; a plurality of formmembers; apair of,4 laterally spaced supporting members re'- spectivelyhaving means engaging the form members adj acent their ends forremovably holding the 'form members in angularly spacedrelation, atleast one of the supporting members said means being adapted to hold anend of each form member against outward radial movement; a centrallydisposed rod detachably connecting the supporting members in theirholding engage` ment with the form members.

3. In a structure of thev character described; a plurality of formmembers; a pair oi laterally spaced supporting members respectivelyhaving angularly disposed sockets adapted to removably receive the endsof the form members, the sockets of at leastone of the supportingmembersfbeing also adapted to hold the Jform members at one of theirends against outward vradial movement; a centrally disposed roddetachably connecting the supporting. members in their kholdingengagement with the form members.

4. In a structure of the character described; a plurality of formmembers; a

pair oi? laterally spaced supporting members respectively havingangularly disposed sockets adapted to removably receive the ends of theform members, the

adapted to hold the form members against turning movement therein; acentrally disposed rod detachably connecting the supe porting rodmembers in their holding engagement with the. form members.

sockets 'of at least one oi"- the supporting members being also In astructure of the character dei scribed; a plurality of formA members; a

pair of laterally spaced' supporting members respectively having meansvengaging the form membersadjacent their ends for removably holding theform` members in angularly spaced relation, at least one of thesupporting members comprising separable halves having mutually'overlapping portions provided with .registering openings therethrough; acentrally disposed rod detachably connecting the supporting members andremovably inserted into said openi lgs in the assembled position of saidhalves.

In testimon whereof `I lhave hereunto set my hand at rand Rapids,Michigan, this 8th d ay of February, 1923.

WADE E. SACKNER.

